elementia

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By Tayler Anne Klein
issue 5

I broke the silence with a short cough. If anyone else had been in

the sunlit room with me, they would have started and stared as if

I’d broken a silence not meant to be disturbed.


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By Kati Klehm
issue 5

Flying. high.

Sunshine blinding me

Through my thoughts’ shadowy veil

Happiness opening all the doors of my life

All decisions made,

Minute to minute,

Just flowing on the momentum

Of the world’s energy

Ecstasy.


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Love Like a Two Dollar Bill

By Zoë Christianson
issue 5

When I offered you

A heart full of love

You responded,

like this woman in a toy store

when I tried to spend a two dollar bill

a relative had given me

years ago, when I was young...


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By Rachel Franklin
issue 5

Every day, I walk along the same road,

A path of work and play, the route I know.

Every day, I carry the same, tiring load,

A burden of hopes, fears, and woe.


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